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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes, "What has not been appreciated sufficiently is that the freedom of movement of the ____ theatre was not only a matter of scenery."
(a) French.
(b) Brechtian.
(c) Pagan.
(d) Elizabethan.

2. The author says in "The Immediate Theatre", "At least one can see that everything is a _______ for something and nothing is a _______ for everything."
(a) Theatre.
(b) Banality.
(c) Truth.
(d) Language.

3. What type of theatre is usually distinguished by the absence of what is called style?
(a) Holy Theatre.
(b) Rough Theatre.
(c) Industrial Theatre.
(d) Classical Theatre.

4. In what show is the climax of the first part one in which the stage action is a scribbling graffiti of war on to vast white surfaces, while a monument is formed to colonialism and revolution?
(a) Ubu Roi.
(b) The Screens.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Waiting for Godot.

5. What is the "lie" that the secret patronage of going to the theatre is?
(a) That the truth is waiting.
(b) That it will be bad.
(c) That the honor is privilege.
(d) That the gift is worth receiving.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what Shakespearean play is Gloucester blinded?

2. Which production of Genet's did the author direct in Paris where it was necessary to mix actors of very different backgrounds?

3. Who allegedly saw a play for the first time in their lives and were confronted with Waiting for Godot with no problem at all in following what, to regular theatre-goers, was incomprehensible?

4. In rehearsals, what is the relationship the author establishes?

5. "Anyone interested in processes in the natural world would be very rewarded by a study of" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author's presumed opinion of the works and style of Brecht? How is Brecht similar to Shakespeare?

2. What does the author describe happening when a Brechtian approach is applied to other works?

3. How does Shakespeare embody both The Rough Theatre and The Holy Theatre?

4. What does the author point out about the source of conflict in Shakespeare's work?

5. In contemporary theatre, what does the author say is the most accessible way to find "holiness"?

6. What does the author write in regard to the power of laughter in "The Rough Theatre"?

7. How does the author view Method acting?

8. What is the common thread between human existence and approach to process in the theatre?

9. How does the author feel that Brecht approaches the "Holy"?

10. What does the author discuss as an ideal in Marat/Sade?

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